Information literacy: literacy in the information society

The current society is based on the development of information and communication technologies. That society is called information society mostly. But if we called it information society or knowledge society or learning society, it always influences the whole area of social processes in which education also belongs to. The measure of literacy is one of the indicators of social cultural level. Literacy was defined as the ability to actively participate in the world of information. The ability to work with information and communication technologies, computer literacy, and the ability to work with information of the global net, Internet literacy, are joined to literacy in the information society. Information literacy is literacy in the information society, in the society of information and communication technologies. The right use of the idea of information literacy as one of the indicators of social information level can help to make (not only) Czech national politics more goal-directed.

Author information:

Mgr. Michaela Dombrovská, bachelor study of economy at Silesian University (1994-1997), master study of public policy at Charles University, Institute of Sociological Studies (1999-2001), at present doctoral study of information science at Charles University, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship (since 2001). Member of 6th Task force (Harmonious development of Information society) and of editorial board of Czech Forum for Information Society. Executive director of civil association Society for development of information literacy (SPRIG).